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CVE-2004-12691 exploit

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 does not remove the passwd.new file if it encounters a file-size resource limit while writing to passwd.new, which…

Published 21 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
9.0%
percentile 95%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22 does not remove the passwd.new file if it encounters a file-size resource limit while writing to passwd.new, which causes subsequent invocations of lppasswd to fail.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

8.95% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-25012 Easy Software Products LPPassWd 1.1.22 - Resource Limit Denial of Service · dos · 2004-12-11

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2005-013.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/18608 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9545 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:008 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2005-053.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /50-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • gentoo.org /security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-25.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • tigger.uic.edu /~jlongs2/holes/cups2.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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